Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

avoidance

  • In the disturbing story of John the Baptizer’s death, we are invited to see the power in creating a delusion of false helplessness.

  • Avoiding Pain

    This story is less about the miracle of giving sight to the blind, but the way the leaders avoid seeing grace.

  • Being honest and sharing our feelings isn’t easy. But we’re deceiving ourselves if we think we can avoid the truth.

  • Complexity

    Episode 4 November 4, 2021

  • Jesus challenges the Temple leaders to change. And we’re being invite to do the same. Even in the midst of a pandemic.

  • We make a habit of justification. We just want to explain. There was a reason we weren’t there. Something. Anything to avoid mercy. A justification is often the grounding upon which we make a case. We hope that everything we do is justified. That’s how we often think about it. But it isn’t how we…